It’s a well known fact that Gordon Ramsay isn’t usually a fan of the cuisine on offer at the Kitchen Nightmares restaurants. However, over the many, many shows there have been a FEW examples of brilliantly cooked and seasoned food. We spent several years trawling through the episodes with a fine tooth-comb and eventually found them. Enjoy.
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It's time for Gordon to sample the menu. Nick serves him up a series of dishes, from fish soup to duck egg on toast, one of Gordon's favourites. However, Nick stupidly forgets that his scallops dis...
It's time for Gordon to sample the food at the Classic American Restaurant. First up is mac and cheese, a big hit with the kids, but it's not quite to Gordon's liking. Next is the fried calamari, w...
Gordon is off to sunny Spain to help struggling restaurant owner Laurence get back on track. First however, he has to taste Laurence's cooking, including his signature dish, prawns in chocolate sau...
Gordon is interested to see what Oscar's menu has to offer, but finds himself waiting over 30 minutes for the main course. He should consider himself lucky though, the girls behind him have been wa...
After tasting the restaurants speciality, Gordon is less than impressed with both the taste and presentation of the duck cakes with chilli jam. For more great Kitchen Nightmares clips, click here t...
Gordon has only one week to save Bonapartes restaurant, time is running out. Owner Sue has lost focus, the kitchen's a health hazard, and the head chef just isn't up to scratch. Gordon wants to tas...
The Hot Potato Cafe was recently dubbed as a 'Spuddy Hell' by a local newspaper. Chef Danielle doesn't even want to be working there, but feels an obligation to help out her nieces. Gordon is so di...
You're a restaurant owner in crisis, the wolves are at the door, but the customers aren't. You've got temperamental chefs in the kitchen, lazy waiting staff and t...
You're a restaurant owner in crisis, the wolves are at the door, but the customers aren't. You've got temperamental chefs in the kitchen, lazy waiting staff and the...
You're a restaurant owner in crisis, the wolves are at the door, but the customers aren't. You've got temperamental chefs in the kitchen, lazy waiting staff and the...
After witnessing first hand the disgusting conditions in the kitchen at Dillons, Gordon heads down into the basement to see what is lurking. He is horrified to find rat traps, rotten food and cockr...
Gordon confronts the chef at the Seascape for daring to cook him lunch out of such a filthy and disgusting kitchen. Conditions are so bad that he has no other choice but to close the place down.
OFFICIAL KITCHEN NIGHTMARES USA. Gordon Ramsay is disgusted by the way that the food is kept in the Fiesta Sunrise kitchen. He closes down the restaurant and asks all the customers to leave so that...
You're a restaurant owner in crisis, the wolves are at the door, but the customers aren't. You've got temperamental chefs in the kitchen, lazy waiting staff and the diners you do have aren't satisf...
Gordon takes a look through the kitchen at the Grasshopper. He discovers vats of slimy chicken tenders, fish that looks like it's been attacked by cats, and cooked meat being stored on the same she...
After chef Ramsay finds out-of-date ingredients, unlabeled meat, and raw meat placed next to the cooked chicken, he is left with no options but to shut down the restaurant.
The Fiesta Sunrise Mexican restaurant has been open for 18 months and already owes a whopping $850,000 in debts. It's time for owner Vic to face some hard truths, his old ideas aren't working. It's...
Gordon heads into the kitchen to inspect the ingredients used at the Fiesta Sunrise. He's horrified to find rotting meat, expired herbs, and filthy tubs of grease. He has no option but to close th...
Gordon confronts the chef at the Seascape for daring to cook him lunch out of such a filthy and disgusting kitchen. Conditions are so bad that he has no other choice but to close the place down.
Gordon gets into an argument with the head chef at Lelas for serving powered mashed potato in what is supposedly a fine dining restaurant. Although the chef claims to have a passion for food, Ramsa...
Gordon has had it with Sebastian, he considers the man incompetent, a lost cause. They go their separate ways after a heated argument, but Sebastian returns to give Ramsay a piece of his mind. Gord...
Conditions are so bad at the Secret Garden that Gordon leaves the kitchen to go and catch some fresh air. He even considers packing it in all together, but there is still work to be done. Once the ...
Chef Ramsay gets frustrated with the owner of the Runaway Girl for operating the front of house so poorly, whilst Gordon and the other chefs are back in the kitchen working their arses off. When th...
Gordon heads into the kitchen to set up a burrito challenge for the Fiesta Sunrise staff, but discovers that the place is infested with cockroaches. They're even crawling up and down the dinner pla...
It's a busy night at the restaurant and things aren't going smoothly. A couple of employees try and sneak off early, but Gordon chases them down the street. He's shocked to find that Buzzard has st...
It starts with Gordon complaining that the crab cake is cold, next there's too much parsley on the ravioli, soon the criticisms reach the kitchen and the head chef just can't stand it anymore. He b...
Gordon has to lay down some hard truths for Peter, he's not pulling his weight, and the business would be better off without him. The staff at the restaurant are shocked to see somebody stand up to...